England 2nd inns 239-3 (52 ovs); Target: 374 |
Scorecard
Akash Deep continues and Root greets him with a boundary through mid-wicket off a length delivery straying onto the pads.
A dot later, Root steps down and drives one between cover and mid-off and picks up three runs.
Four! A full delivery way outside off and Brook smashes it through cover for a boundary.
A single through deep mid-wicket to end the over. 12 come off it.
India are in a spot of bother as England now need only 153 runs.
Siraj continues and Brook comes down the pitch and drops into the leg side for a single.
Siraj then hits Root on the pad but it is way too high.
A single to backward square leg follows. 67th Test fifty for Root! It came off 81 balls.
Four! Brook pulls the attempted bouncer to fine leg and fetches a boundary.
Follows it up with a single through square leg.
A single to end the seven-run over. England are scoring at a healthy rate of 4.56.
Akash Deep continues and Brook nudges one through fine leg for a single.
The next ball clips Root's thigh pad and runs away for two leg byes.
A dot later, Root steers one to square leg and gets off the strike.
Four! Brook pulls the slow shortish delivery through square leg for a boundary.
A single through deep square leg to end the over. 9 come off it.
Prasidh Krishna is back into the attack. Brook blocks the first delivery into the pitch. Short and wide and Brook punches it to mid-off for a single.
Two dots later, Brook taps one to backward point and retains the strike.
England now need 135 runs to win the contest.
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